Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1989, 4:59 PM EDT for Atlantic County, Cumberland County, New Jersey. It was in force for 76 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 1989, 4:59 PM EDT (20:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1989, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 76 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 33 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -195 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1630 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KACY 022100
SVRACY
NJC001-011-022300-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ
459 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTIC CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING AND
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTH NEW JERSEY
...ATLANTIC...CUMBERLAND
AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
AT 455 PM EDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES WEST AND 10
MILES NORTH OF MILLVILLE NEW JERSEY MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDx IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 3:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ 330 PM EDT FRI JUNE 2 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FRIDAY EVENING FOR THE SOUTH COASTAL COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND ADJACENT WATERS... AT 330 PM ATLANTIC CITY RADAR INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA ALL OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND. POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED OVER CENTRAL DELAWARE AND THE COASTAL WATERS OF NEW JERSEY. ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER..A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE T7HUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO STATIONS. BC BC
Local storm report, Jun 2, 4:29 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA, PA
429 PM EDT FRI JUN 02 1989
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM EVENTS FROM YESTERDAY JUNE 1
TIME (EDT) COUNTY LOCATION EVENT
2300 BUCKS WARMINSTER TREES AND LARGE LIMBS DOWN.
2305 BUCKS SOUTHHAMPTON TREES AND LARGE LIMBS DOWN.
2310 BUCKS FEASTERVILLE TREES AND LARGE LIMBS DOWN.
[ POWER LINES DOWN AS WELL.
ALL DAMAGE WAS STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE DUE TO A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
DPGLocal storm report, Jun 2, 4:30 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA, PA 429 PM EDT FRI JUN 02 1989 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM EVENTS FROM JUNE 2 1989 TIME (EDT) COUNTY LOCATION EVENT 1335 SALEM D]EEPWATER 3/4 INCH HAIL. 1353 SALEM PENNSVILLE GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL. DPG
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 4:34 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON DE PRINT:SEL6 F
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 4:41 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ 430 PM EDT FRI JUNE 2 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FRIDAY EVENING FOR THE SOUTH COASTAL COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND ADJACENT WATERS... AT 430 PM ATLANTIC CITY RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN SOUTHERN BURLINGTON COUNTY WITH ANOTHER CELL IN SOUTHERN CAMDEN COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTHERN CAPE MAY COUNTY AND SOUTHERN DELAWARE. ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER..A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEmRSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING CONDITIONS AND SEEK SHELTER UPON SEEING THESE CONDITIONS. WPA
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 4:41 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON DE
440 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 1989
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SUSSEX COUNTY DELAWARE UNTIL 11PM
EDT THIS FRIDAY EVENING...
AT 430 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS A THUNDERSTORM
NEAR SEAFORD DELAWARE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH AND WILL AFFECT MOST
OF THE SOUTH THIRD OF SUSSEX COUNTY DELAWARE DURING THE NEXT ONE TO
ONE AND A HALF HOURS. THIS STORM COULD CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND HAIL IS POSSIBLE.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA COVERS PORTIONS OF SOUTH DELAWARE
MARYLAND VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA.
REMEMBER...A SEVER THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO OCCUR IN AND NEAR THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING CONDITIONS.
CKD
[The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Salem | 60 min |
| Jun 2, 1:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Gloucester | 50 min |
| Jun 2, 2:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Ocean | 69 min |
| Jun 2, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Ocean | 66 min |
| Jun 2, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cape May | 66 min |
| Jun 2, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington | 47 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.